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2000 acres, or from 110-440 oz. of oil, according to season, per 

 acre (Lc p. 355). Recommended as a catch crop in Kubber and 

 Coco-nut plantations. 



ReJ.~' atronella Oil," in The Volatile Oils, Gildemeister & 

 Hoffmann, pp. 291-299, with illustrations showing the con- 

 struction of distilleries and a map of The Citronella-Oil Districts 



in Ceylon. " Cymbopogon Nardus,'' Stapf, in Kew Bull, 1906, 



pp. 314-318; pp. 354-355. *' Cultivation of atronella Grass 



in Java/' I.e. p. 363, " Citronella Oil," in The Chemistry of 



Essential Oils, Parry, pp. 168-176 (Scott, Greenwood & Son, 



London, 1908). ^'Citronella Grass" in Bull, Imp. Inst. x. 



1912, pp. 299-300 " Lenar batu. 



Cymbopogon proximus, Stapf\ Fl. Trop. Afr. IX. p. 271. 

 Vernac. name. — Nobe (Hausa, Dalziel). 

 Sokoto, Nupe, Sudan, Nubia, Abyssinia. 



Much used for thatch, Sokoto (Dalziel, Herb. Kew; Hausa 

 Bot. Voc. p, 77), 



A fragrant grass 2-3 ft. high, with very narrow leaves (I.e. 

 — C. seriTiariensis, var. proximus), perennial, 3 ft. high in a 



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*' Dawa " (Sorghum) field, Nupe (Barter Herb. Kew). 



Cymbopogon Schoenanthus, Spreng. ; FL Trop. Afr. IX, 



p. 268, [Andropogon Schoenantlius^ Linn. Spec. PI. ed. 1 (1753)^ 

 p. 1046], 



III. — Hook, Ic. PI. t. 1871 {Andropogon laniger). 



Vernac. names. — [Izkhir (Arabic); Maliareb (Cairo, Schwein- 

 furth); M'hah (Hedjas, Forslcal); Gor-giyah (Persian); Khavi 

 (Hindustani, Edgeworth) Stapf], — Camel Grass, Wild Ass Grass 

 (transl. of the Persian) ; Camel Hay. 



North Africa— ^Morocco, Tunis ; Arabia, Persia, Mesopo- 

 tamia, Paujab and other parts of N. India; in Nile-land, Eritraea 

 and Somaliland. 



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An oil is distilled from the leaves, w^hich yield about 1 per 

 cent, of the dry grass— sold in the bazaars of the Panjab for 

 medicinal purposes (Stapf. Kew Bull. 1906, p. 353); and at 

 one time it w^as used in perfumery — aromatizing oils by the 

 Ancient Greeks and Romans (I.e. p. 312); Dr. Dymock distilled 

 some of the fresh plant of '' Camel grass " — which grows freely 

 on the lower Himalayas and in Thibet — and states that the 

 yield was 1 per cent. (Parry, Chem. Ess. Oils, p. 187). 



It is not known if this grass has been cultivated in Africa, 

 in the same way as the " Lemon Grass," but a note is made of 

 it here because of the confusion that has existed with plants 

 under the name Andropogon ScJioenanthtis and as ** Lemon 

 Grass." 



Bef. — Cymbopogon Schoenanthus,'' Spreng, Stapf, in Kew 

 Bull, 1906, pp. 303-313; pp. 352-353; see also Kew Bull. I.e. 

 for information on '' The Oil-Grasses of Lidia and Ceylon 

 Cymbopogon, Vetiveria and Andropogon spp.," pp. 297-364, and 

 " Perfume Yielding Grasses, Cymbopogon {Andropogon) " in 



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